Identifier: isthmusoftehuant00will (find matches)
Title: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec : being the results of a survey for a railroad to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, made by the scientific commission under the direction of Major J.G. Barnard ... : with a résumé of the geology, climate, local geography, productive industry, fauna and flora, of that region : illustrated with numerous maps and engravings
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Williams, John Jay, 1818-1904 Tehuantepec Railroad Company United States Naval Observatory, former owner. DSI
Subjects: Railroads
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton & Company ...
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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wn, founded by the Spaniards soon after the Conquest,contains a population of 500 Zapotecos, whose chief occupationis the raising of indigo. With the exception of its admirablesituation and healthy climate, the only attraction is the church,built by the Dominican friars in the sixteenth century. This isan oblong edifice, in the Moorish style of architecture, and invery good repair, considering the carelessness of the natives andthe long period of years that have intervened since its erection.Above the altar there are some tolerable basso relievo carvingsof the patron-saint of the puebla—of San Miguel, San Pablo, andSan Elias. Altogether, the village is neat and picturesque.The railroad will probably pass through it or in its vicinity. Leading to San Geronimo is a road from Chivela Pass, a por-tion of which was built by the engineers of Don Jose de Garay.In some places this is quite steep, and presents many difficultiesfor wheeled vehicles; but by blasting at one or two points it may
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TOWNS, PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRY, ETC. 249 be rendered almost immediately serviceable. All along the linethrough the Pass the scenery is beautifully varied, and within ashort distance of the plains are several mineral springs, whichwith so many attractive features, are doubtless destined to be-come places of frequent resort. Indeed, it is not unlikely thatthe Springs of Chivela may become, in the course of time, aswell known and as fashionably frequented as those of Saratogaand the White Sulphur. After reaching the base of the mount-ains in the vicinity of the Rio Verde, the road finally comes onto the plains through the Portillo de la Martar. Two miles northwest from San Geronirno is the neat settle-ment of Santo Domingo Chihuitan, through the centre of whichcourses the clear, silvery stream of Los Perros. Beyond a pic-turesque location and its beautiful church, Chihuitan is anunimportant place, numbering some 600 inhabitants, who areremarkable for their hospitality; it is, however, the ch

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